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Geno Smith: "We Have An Opportunity To Prove Ourselves" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. How you do how we do?
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  Speaker 2: Obviously different, implodent and all that, but are there's some
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  Speaker 2: things that worked for you guys offensively that you can
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  Speaker 2: carry forward now or to this week with what you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna get done in Dallas.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think just overall, if you look at the
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  Speaker 3: way we played, just the effort we played with. I
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  Speaker 3: thought the intent that we broke the huddle with, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I thought just the way that the receivers ran and
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  Speaker 3: caught the ball, the protection. You know, anytime we're scoring
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  Speaker 3: a lot of points, you know, that's something you wanna
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  Speaker 3: build on. So you know, for us, we know that
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  Speaker 3: each game's gonna be different. You know, every game is
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  Speaker 3: a different game. Uh, you know, you get a new
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  Speaker 3: set of downs, and we gotta focus on executing one
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  Speaker 3: player at a time. And uh, you know, we can't
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  Speaker 3: build on it, but we can't allow that to like
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  Speaker 3: let us get complacent, right, we gotta go out there.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta earn it. You know, every single time.
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  Speaker 3: The rhythm that you guys had in the passing game
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  Speaker 3: and how quickly the ball was coming out, How big
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  Speaker 3: of a difference do you feel like that they against Dallas?
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  Speaker 3: I think it made a great difference, you know, to
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  Speaker 3: not you know, really give up any sacks. Uh, with
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  Speaker 3: the amount of you know pressure they were getting with uh,
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  Speaker 3: with their you know, Michael Parsons and and and Lawrence
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  Speaker 3: and all those guys. Just to be able to get
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  Speaker 3: the ball out speaks volume to the play calling, to
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  Speaker 3: the receivers obviously, to the O line protecting and and
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  Speaker 3: f to us executing overall.
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  Speaker 1: That's the most difficult part of Facebook San Francisco's defense.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it starts up front, you know. With them,
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  Speaker 3: I mean there's f first rounders across the board.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: They got you know, really uh stout guys on the interior.
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  Speaker 3: They got great edge rushers. You know, their front seven,
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  Speaker 3: I think is one of the best in the league.
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  Speaker 3: You talk about their linebacking corps, you talk about just
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  Speaker 3: the way that they fly and you know, make plays
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  Speaker 3: all around the ball. You know, they're a great team,
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  Speaker 3: great defense. UH and and what we can expect is
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  Speaker 3: for them to be who they are.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: But we're you know, ah a another great offense. And
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  Speaker 3: I feel like we got an opportunity to really just
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  Speaker 3: prove ourselves, to showcase what we you know, knew all
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  Speaker 3: along about ourselves, and uh this is a great test
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  Speaker 3: for us.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they're a great team and we look forward
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  Speaker 1: to the opportunity. What do you have to do that
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  Speaker 1: you didn't do Thanksgiving?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: Get first downs, score points, you know, give our sells
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  Speaker 3: a shot, no turnovers.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, go out there and play you know, clean football,
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  Speaker 1: Be aggressive.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, get the ball out you know, like I always
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  Speaker 3: talk about, get the ball out on time, and uh
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  Speaker 3: for our guys to make the plays that they're accustomed
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  Speaker 3: to making.
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  Speaker 1: Have you guys hear yourself.
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  Speaker 2: That's twelve and a half point hundred dollars per sue.
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  Speaker 3: Uh. I don't really look at the spread or anything
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  Speaker 3: like that, So I don't view it any type of way.
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  Speaker 1: That's not really for me to think about.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm focused on going out there and executing
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  Speaker 3: and uh, you know, doing whatever it takes to get
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  Speaker 3: a win.
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  Speaker 2: Do you feel a certain way being such big underdogs
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  Speaker 2: going into a game being perceived as such.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, I'm not really worried about perception. I'm focused on reality.
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  Speaker 3: So uh, you know, we got a game to play,
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  Speaker 3: and we gotta go out there and play.
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  Speaker 2: How did your arm field today versus where it was
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  Speaker 2: at this point?
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  Speaker 3: Two weeks ago, getting better, getting better still not a
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  Speaker 3: hundred percent, not close to it, but you know, getting better.
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  Speaker 2: There was a a play like midway through the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 2: I think where DeMarcus Lawrence looks like it hit you
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  Speaker 2: right on the area where.
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  Speaker 1: You got to hit last time. Did that set you
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  Speaker 1: back at all?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: You know we getting better, getting better d every day.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, get getting the ball out as fast as you did?
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  Speaker 1: H How in general?
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  Speaker 2: Seys, how what of that is? Just like I guess
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  Speaker 2: the intent to do it or how you have to
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  Speaker 2: draw up the game plan to be able to do that.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's both.
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  Speaker 3: I think it it It starts with intent, with the
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  Speaker 3: game plan, the intent of the game plan and also
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  Speaker 3: of the play caller.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, you know, designing.
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  Speaker 3: Specific plays, calling specific plays, and then us executing as
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  Speaker 3: I always say, we have to execute the game plan.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, me seeing it.
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  Speaker 3: Getting the ball out fast obviously starts upfront with us
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  Speaker 3: always with protection. I feel like, you know, our guys
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  Speaker 3: are just getting better and better each week at that
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  Speaker 3: and uh, you know it, it's always intentional about the
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  Speaker 3: things that we do, and so we wanna continue that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we wanna keep that up, continue to get
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  Speaker 3: the ball out and uh, you know, get as many
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  Speaker 3: first downs as we can every opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think A.
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  Speaker 3: I mean just the you can see it in the
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  Speaker 3: last game, just the way that he finishes blocks in
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  Speaker 3: the ring game. You know what he brings to the table.
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  Speaker 3: As far as leadership, you know, he's a he's not
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  Speaker 3: a vocal guy. He's not very loud, but uh, he
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  Speaker 3: leads by example and you can feel his presence in
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  Speaker 3: the in the huddle and on the field, and so
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  Speaker 3: it's great to have a back out there. He's a
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  Speaker 3: dynamic player, he's a he's a guy that we count
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  Speaker 3: on and uh, you know, all the guys have stepped
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  Speaker 3: up and done great, but you can really feel his
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  Speaker 3: presence when he's out there. And the games that you
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  Speaker 3: guys have had success scoring touchdowns in the red zone,
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  Speaker 3: can find it when the common theme there to play executions. Uh, shoot, man,
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  Speaker 3: I haven't really looked at went back and looked at
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  Speaker 3: 'em all, but I think if you if you wanna say,
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  Speaker 3: what I notice is just overall determination, just knowing that
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  Speaker 3: you know, we gotta get touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta score touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: We can't just settle for field goals and every single
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  Speaker 3: play is gonna be different in terms of the execution,
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  Speaker 3: but it always comes down to e overall execution and uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, for me, it's you know, the key thing is,
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  Speaker 3: like we just talked about getting the ball out, you know,
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  Speaker 3: hitting my back foot, seeing the coverage, throwing the ball
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  Speaker 3: in rhythm, allowing the guys to make plays and and
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  Speaker 3: trusting it that they will and they usually do.
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  Speaker 1: Is that dolls I believe? So yup?
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  Speaker 2: Do you know what did you make of Michael PENNOCKX
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  Speaker 2: in hearing that after the game that they have on
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  Speaker 2: Friday is echoing.
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  Speaker 3: Your quote and not really?
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  Speaker 1: Oh that was awesome man.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I got a chance to throw with Mike
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  Speaker 3: uh in the off season and you know, had a
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  Speaker 3: chance to talk to him, and uh, you know, he's
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  Speaker 3: a really special player, special guy. To be able to
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  Speaker 3: uh kind of share seattle with him. Uh, it's it's awesome.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, you know, I I love what they're doing
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  Speaker 3: that you dub man. Uh, you know, I hope they
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  Speaker 3: win it all man, So uh, you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, root for Mike. I appreciate him doing that. That
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  Speaker 1: was pretty cool.
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  Speaker 3: I hope he wins it. I hope he wins it.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's had a great year. I think when
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  Speaker 3: you look at all the candidates to lead his team
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  Speaker 3: to thirteen and zero and all the th the great
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  Speaker 3: things that he's done throughout the year, He's got the numbers,
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  Speaker 3: he's got the moments.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I think he deserves it.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Anthony gradtics play just how he's as in comedy. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: Uh yeah, Ab is shoot man, I'm I'm so proud
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  Speaker 3: of a b and all the things that he he's
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  Speaker 3: kind of overcome and to see him out there, it's
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  Speaker 3: just being dominant. Man. He's physical in the run game
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  Speaker 3: and in past blocking, and then he's got he's got
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  Speaker 3: a you know, a little bit of a a aggression
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  Speaker 3: to him to where you know, he wants to finish,
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  Speaker 3: you know, blocks, and he wants to, uh kind of
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  Speaker 3: get chippy out there. He brings that edge to the table,
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  Speaker 3: and uh, you know, we need guys like that. He's
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  Speaker 3: gonna fight all the way to the end. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he's a he's a a special young man. I think
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  Speaker 3: he's doing a great job and I think he's only
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  Speaker 3: gonna get better.
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  Speaker 1: Take you back a.
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  Speaker 2: Little bit you talked about against the Cowboys, offense up.
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  Speaker 3: Ten for and all that what changed from the w
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  Speaker 3: W did something change in practice?
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  Speaker 1: Was just an evolution the mindset to get you rolling
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  Speaker 1: in that game.
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  Speaker 3: Uh. I think we started fast and I think we
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  Speaker 3: just continued that. I do think we had a great
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  Speaker 3: week of practice last week. I think we're all to
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  Speaker 3: a great start again this week. I know that that's
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  Speaker 3: gonna continue to be a correlation to.
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  Speaker 1: Who we are on game day.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, overall, like I said, playing with that intent,
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  Speaker 3: the aggression, the determination to make sure we get it
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  Speaker 3: done every single one of those third downs. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: think we had a specific intent that we were gonna
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  Speaker 3: make make it happen. And so obviously, man, that's one game,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and you gotta be consistent with that. And
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  Speaker 3: so that's something that we're focused on, is the overall consistency, uh,
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  Speaker 3: with our game to game you know, production seems.
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  Speaker 2: Like the screen game has kind of come alive for
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  Speaker 2: you guys in different ways.
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  Speaker 1: Like where do you feel like that part of your
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  Speaker 1: offenses up? Uh, I think it's doing doing pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: I think we've been able to gain you know, some
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  Speaker 3: first downs, get some first downs here and there. Obviously
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  Speaker 3: the big play to Uh, the Zach Charbonnaye at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the third quarter. You know, I think we've
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  Speaker 3: been continuing to work on that. You know, that's something
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  Speaker 3: that's gotten better since the time I've been here, and uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's becoming a part of our offense. So I think
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  Speaker 3: all the players that work we should use 'em. And and
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  Speaker 3: I think the screen games, uh, definitely being a part
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  Speaker 3: of that.
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  Speaker 2: How intricate is like the timing in in those, especially
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  Speaker 2: the running back screens.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's very intricate. We we practice those every
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  Speaker 3: single day.
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  Speaker 1: We work on it.
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  Speaker 3: We talk about the timing, the landmarks, all that stuff
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  Speaker 3: very important. So, uh, we we wrapped out a bunch
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  Speaker 3: and I think, you know, the repetition's paying off a
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  Speaker 3: little bit.
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  Speaker 1: What do you what back looked at the fourth downs
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  Speaker 1: in that game?
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  Speaker 2: Is there anything I guess you wish you would have
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  Speaker 2: done differently on any of those are especially the last.
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  Speaker 1: Two or uh got 'em.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I wish we would have converted them, So
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  Speaker 3: we give ourselves a better chance other than that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just they got us on those two.
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  Speaker 2: You've been teammates with DK long enough that maybe you're
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  Speaker 2: just used to how fast but that a guy his
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  Speaker 2: size is the fastestball carrier in like three years in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL. So is that kind of wild the raptor hydrotic?
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  Speaker 3: Uh No, I mean I was standing right on the
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  Speaker 3: sideline when he ran down Budda Baker, So you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm you know, used to see him doing just you know,
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  Speaker 3: crazy things.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 3: He's a special guy, special player. Uh, one of a kind.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think there's many guys that big that can
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  Speaker 3: run that fast. So I'm happy he's on my team,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, we get a chance to work together
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  Speaker 3: cause he's that good.
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  Speaker 2: It would be a few years of lady, obviously, But
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  Speaker 2: would you you have aspirations of playing in the NFL?
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  Speaker 1: Your cousin Drill Muche, Uh yeah, I do. You know,
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  Speaker 1: God willing.
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  Speaker 3: You know, if I'm able to be healthy enough and
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  Speaker 3: obviously play well enough, then you know I was.
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  Speaker 1: I'm tryna tryna make it till he gets here. What
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  Speaker 1: grade is he in right now? Uh? Senior in high school?
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  Speaker 1: Anyone else?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you?
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  Speaker 1: Thank you guys. Yeah,